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Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
Photograph

Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Crowd of delegates and guests at the Progressive Convention in the armory, held to launch a new Progressive Party.
Photograph

Phil La Follette at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Former Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., calling the roll on the proposal to form a new political party at the...
Photograph

William Evjue at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: William T. Evjue, editor of The Capital Times, presiding over the Progressive convention, at which the delegates launched a new political party, the Progre...
Photograph

Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Bandstand surrounded by a lawn and trees.
Photograph

Spanish War Monument

Date: 1936
Description: View of a boulevard containing a Spanish war memorial statue. The plaque on the statue's base reads: "Memorial to those who served in the war with Spain, 1...
Postcard

Tourist Camp, Lakeside Park, Lake Winnebago

Date: 1934
Description: Tourist camp at Lakeside Park on Lake Winnebago.
Postcard

Winnebago Dairy Farm

Date: 10 18 1939
Description: Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't...
Map or Atlas

Open-land and Forested Townships, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Date: 1930
Description: Map shows prairie, oak, maple, oak and maple, marsh conifer, maple and beech, and grass and sedge.
Photograph

Lakeside Park

Date: 1932
Description: Children and adults enjoy a sunny day at the Lake Winnebago shore in Lakeside Park in Fond du Lac.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Beekeepers Association Convention Badge

Date: 1936
Description: Badge for the Wisconsin Beekeepers Association 58th Annual Convention at the Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. October 29, 30, 1936. Courtesy of Ruep...
Postcard

Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago

Date: 1930
Description: View of sailboats on Lake Winnebago in the moonlight. Caption reads: "Moonlight Sailing on Lake Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Wis."

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